Here are a few key things that we can each apply in our daily lives, to bring about positive and healthy change in a variety of ways: Gratitude, helping others, appreciating the abundance of the planet and doing what you can to tread lightly, sharing out of what you have, opening your mind to … Continue reading How To Break Chains
Philosophy
Mindset Matters
Did you know? Misery likes company. Fixed mindsets are draining. Growth mindsets energise us. People with a growth mindset need to be around others with a growth mindset. Be mindful. Mindset matters. ♥ Holly x Special Note: If you are enjoying the content of The Holly Tree Tales, please FOLLOW the blog … Continue reading Mindset Matters
Snowdrops And Fortitude
Pictured above, snowdrops in our garden, just beginning to spread their carpets of beauty in the first month of the new year. Snow has not yet fallen, but the snowdrops are creating the elegance of white calm on the ground. In various social media spaces lately, I've seen fleeting mentions of a ten year challenge. … Continue reading Snowdrops And Fortitude
Proverbs of Leadership
Awake early, I wanted to read my 'instruction manual', fully intending to focus on the chapter appropriate to the date. Instead, I was drawn to writings around, but not within, the central point that I'd thought I would be reading through. Thus, rather than reading the chapter of Proverbs for the seventeenth day of … Continue reading Proverbs of Leadership
What Would Jesus Do ~ Revised
Have you ever wondered ... What Would Jesus Do? This is the revised version of a post published at The Holly Tree Tales on 30 April 2015. * In my quietest moments, and sometimes even in the midst of a current or a raging storm, I wonder to myself “What would Jesus do?” Over … Continue reading What Would Jesus Do ~ Revised
Test It All Against The Truth Of Love ~ Revised
Almost two years ago, I posted this on The Holly Tree Tales and it seems fitting, on this first day of December, to rehearse it. Here is the revised version. * While we whinge about aspects of our First World lives, so opulent in so many ways, babies are starving, people are aching for … Continue reading Test It All Against The Truth Of Love ~ Revised
A Compilation Of Quotes
A compilation of five quotes to ponder mindfully as you go about your life and conduct your business today. "You are either spreading lightness, or you are spreading darkness ~ which one feels best to you? Choose that." * "Love gets more done than grind and hustle do." * "Lose … Continue reading A Compilation Of Quotes
Innercise Book ~ A Review
In this blogpost, I share a little about my experience of innercising, a review of the Innercise book, and some words about my journey with NeuroGym, the company founded by the author of this book, John Assaraf. The second part of this blogpost is the 'review', which has since also been published on Amazon, in … Continue reading Innercise Book ~ A Review
Find Something To Smile About
A little thought for the day: Sometimes we have to take whatever it is that we are dealing with and say "Do you know what? I choose to think positively, to hope magnificently, to take steps courageously and to believe in possibility." Why would we not? So, whatever it is that is tough, rough or … Continue reading Find Something To Smile About
If You Can ~ A Poem
If You Can If you can Live where you love the sounds that you'll hear Where you love the sights that you'll see Where you love the feelings you get Where you love the hope that you hear If you can. Where you love the people you'll meet Where you love the beat that you'll … Continue reading If You Can ~ A Poem
